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I try to avoid using EZ mates - most RTR stock comes with them, so I'm slowly replacing those with Kadees. However, there are certain situations where Kadees seem to be unusable - Athearn's SW7 springs to mind, I've tried both #5s and #58s on these locos and had no success in getting them to self-centre properly, even with plenty of Kadee's "Greas-em". There are cars - Walther's Scale test car is a good example, with the same problem. I also use them on most of my Athearn loco fleet, pending finding the correct drill and tap set to fit Kadees. <br /> <br />I've found EZ mate couplers to be nothing like as bad as some claim. Agreed, they don't look as good as Kadees, and they don't work particularly well with delayed uncoupling (The plastic spring is obviously a bit much for the Kadee magnets to pu***hat far), but otherwise I've found them ok, they mate with Kadees and Proto couplers and will uncouple on Kadee magnets. Interestingly, some RTR cars fitted with them have the couplers mounted a little too high - but when you fit Kadees #5s or #58s, the coupler height is correct - guess they plan for you to fit Kadees eventually!
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